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ACM Calls for Suspension of Facial Recognition Use

The Association for Computing Machinery, a venerable computing society, has called for the immediate suspension of the use of facial recognition systems until regulation is in place.

Privacy

UCSF Pays Portion of $1.14M Ransom to Regain Medical School Data

The University of California San Francisco paid some of the $1.14 million ransom to regain access to data encrypted by ransomware on its School of Medicine servers.

Ransomware

Palo Alto Fixes Critical Authentication Bypass Flaw

Palo Alto Networks has patched a critical flaw in many of its products that support SAML-based authentication for SSO.

Vulnerability

Bills Would Ban Federal Use of Facial Recognition

Legislation introduced in both the House and Senate would ban the use of facial recognition systems by federal entities.

Privacy

New Bill Takes Direct Aim at Encrypted Devices and Services

The Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act introduced this week would require device makers and service providers to create exceptional access to encrypted data at rest and in motion.

Government, Encryption